# Movies like There Was a Father

> Films most similar to There Was a Father (1942) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/there-was-a-father-1942/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[A Hen in the Wind](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-hen-in-the-wind-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 7.1 · 58 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn, tender
- **[An Inn in Tokyo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/an-inn-in-tokyo-1935/)** (1935) — ★ 7.1 · 32 votes
- **[The Munekata Sisters](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-munekata-sisters-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 7.1 · 36 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Floating Weeds](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/floating-weeds-1959/)** (1959) — ★ 7.5 · 201 votes
- **[A Story of Floating Weeds](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-story-of-floating-weeds-1934/)** (1934) — ★ 7.2 · 65 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[Equinox Flower](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/equinox-flower-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.4 · 165 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[The Only Son](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-only-son-1936/)** (1936) — ★ 7.4 · 113 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[Record of a Tenement Gentleman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/record-of-a-tenement-gentleman-1947/)** (1947) — ★ 7.2 · 59 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cozy
- **[Woman of Tokyo](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/woman-of-tokyo-1933/)** (1933) — ★ 6.8 · 35 votes · bittersweet, outsider
- **[Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/brothers-and-sisters-of-the-toda-family-1941/)** (1941) — ★ 6.9 · 34 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[Dragnet Girl](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dragnet-girl-1933/)** (1933) — ★ 6.7 · 27 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[That Night's Wife](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/that-night-s-wife-1930/)** (1930) — ★ 6.5 · 26 votes

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